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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Firdaus complain about Bayoumi?
(a) He beat her.
(b) He deprived her of food.
(c) He made her wear pants.
(d) He did not find her work.

2. How did Firdaus' mother mutilate her?
(a) She bruises her face.
(b) She cuts off her toe.
(c) She cuts off her hand.
(d) Genital mutilation.

3. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Director of Health Education.
(c) CEO of MAIN.
(d) Director of General Hospital.

4. What did Firdaus wonder about Miss Iqbal after the night she saw her crying?
(a) If she was in love with her.
(b) If she hated her.
(c) If she forgot their time together.
(d) If she told her uncle.

5. Where does El Saadawi meet Firdaus?
(a) Prison.
(b) A mall.
(c) A park.
(d) A bank.

6. What did Firdaus' uncle give her when she graduated?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A ring.
(c) A watch.
(d) A dress.

7. In Chapter 2, what did Firdaus promise her cousin?
(a) To be her bridesmaid.
(b) To lend her a dress.
(c) To marry him.
(d) She would return.

8. What did Firdaus' father teach her to do that replaces her mother's job?
(a) Wash his legs.
(b) Go to the field.
(c) Count money.
(d) Bake bread.

9. How did Firdaus treat her studies at school?
(a) She hardly studied.
(b) She skipped classes.
(c) She studied hard.
(d) She treated school like a joke.

10. What does El Saadawi try to convince herself of in Chapter 1 as she walks back to the car?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She is wealthy.
(c) She is better then Firdaus.
(d) She is less then Firdaus.

11. What does the Warden tell El Saadawi in Chapter 1, when she tries to see Firdaus?
(a) She does not want to see her.
(b) The prison does not like journalists.
(c) Firdaus has some papers for her.
(d) Firdaus is already dead.

12. What did Bayoumi offer Firdaus?
(a) Tea and biscuits.
(b) Money.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Gold.

13. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?
(a) Appeals.
(b) Bail papers.
(c) Adoption papers.
(d) Divorce papers.

14. How did Firdaus hide her fears?
(a) She does not speak.
(b) Under makeup.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Split personalities.

15. What did Firdaus' uncle teach her in Chapter 2?
(a) How to make sandwhiches.
(b) How to play tennis.
(c) How to run.
(d) How to read and write.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does El Saadawi go to prison?

2. Who signed Firdaus' graduation certificate?

3. Why did Firdaus' uncle send her to boarding school?

4. Why is Firdaus unlike other inmates?

5. Where did Bayoumi insist Firdaus sleeps in the winter?

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